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Mark Zuckerberg gifted noise-canceling headphones to his Palo Alto neighbors because of the non-stop construction around his 11 homes (fortune.com)

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[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It’s not crazy. I too would buy up my neighbors properties for what equates to a few hundred dollars.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I would too, but then I would let those in need move in.

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

And that's why we'll never be billionaires.

Your empathy is the barrier.

[–] can@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 day ago

Yup!

That's why there's no good billionaires.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

Psychopathy can only be adaptive and advantageous if the majority of the population has no barriers. If they kill everyone but them, they'll just die or work themselves.

[–] kelpie_returns@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Hell ya

[–] Brkdncr@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Yeah I don’t think I’d be a a very successful fiefdom.